Summary Information

This report is about mass shootings in 2018. The data is retrieved fromhttp://www.shootingtracker.com/, a total of 340 shootings have occured in 2018, with a total of 373 people have been killed. The city that was most impacted by mass shootings (based on the total number of deaths and injuries in the cities) is Chicago. The state that was most impacted is California. The date in 2018 that has most peopele killed or injured due to mass shootings is/are February 14, 2018, June 10, 2018.

Summary Table

This summary table lists the total number of victims(killed and injured) in each city due to mass shootings in 2018. The cities are sorted from the highest number of victims to the lowest.

                   state                               city num_victim
1               Illinois                            Chicago        135
2           Pennsylvania                       Philadelphia         49
3              Tennessee                            Memphis         43
4               Missouri                        Saint Louis         38
5              Louisiana                        New Orleans         35
6                Florida           Pompano Beach (Parkland)         34
7                Florida                       Jacksonville         30
8             California                        Los Angeles         26
9                Florida                              Miami         25
10  District of Columbia                         Washington         25
11                  Ohio                          Cleveland         24
12            New Jersey                            Trenton         24
13              Maryland                          Baltimore         23
14                 Texas                           Santa Fe         23
15              Michigan                            Detroit         20
16               Florida                            Orlando         20
17                Nevada                          Las Vegas         18
18            California                            Oakland         18
19          Pennsylvania                         Pittsburgh         18
20              Nebraska                              Omaha         17
21            California                      San Francisco         17
22              Colorado                             Aurora         16
23              Kentucky                             Benton         16
24                 Texas                            Houston         16
25             Minnesota                        Minneapolis         15
26            California                      Thousand Oaks         15
27              New York                            Buffalo         14
28              Missouri                        Kansas City         14
29               Florida Palm Beach Gardens (Riviera Beach)         14
30              New York                           Brooklyn         13
31                 Texas                        San Antonio         13
32            California                     San Bernardino         12
33            California                        Bakersfield         11
34               Alabama                         Birmingham         11
35                 Texas                             Dallas         11
36              Missouri                        Springfield         11
37                  Ohio                         Cincinnati         10
38              Colorado                   Colorado Springs         10
39                  Ohio                               Lima         10
40             Tennessee                          Nashville         10
41              Michigan                            Saginaw         10
42             Louisiana                         Shreveport         10
43              Virginia                     Virginia Beach         10
44                  Ohio                           Columbus          9
45              Colorado                             Denver          9
46               Indiana                       Indianapolis          9
47            New Jersey                        Jersey City          9
48            California                            Modesto          9
49              Virginia                           Richmond          9
50            California                            Vallejo          9
51               Georgia                             Albany          8
52               Georgia                            Atlanta          8
53              Illinois                        Bloomington          8
54              New York                              Bronx          8
55        South Carolina                           Florence          8
56               Indiana                               Gary          8
57           Mississippi                         Hazlehurst          8
58               Alabama                         Huntsville          8
59             Wisconsin                            Madison          8
60             Wisconsin                          Milwaukee          8
61              Oklahoma                      Oklahoma City          8
62            New Jersey                           Paterson          8
63              Arkansas                         Pine Bluff          8
64               Florida                        Tallahassee          8
65              Maryland                           Aberdeen          7
66             Tennessee                            Antioch          7
67               Georgia                            Ashburn          7
68        North Carolina                          Asheville          7
69              Kentucky                         Louisville          7
70            California                          Riverside          7
71        North Carolina                            Sanford          7
72               Florida                          Bradenton          6
73               Alabama                            Brandon          6
74                  Ohio       Cleveland (Garfield Heights)          6
75           Mississippi                        Hattiesburg          6
76               Florida               Lake Worth (Lantana)          6
77                 Texas                             Ponder          6
78               Indiana                         South Bend          6
79        South Carolina                        Spartanburg          6
80               Alabama                      Union Springs          6
81            California                     Valley Village          6
82               Florida                            Alachua          5
83              Maryland                          Annapolis          5
84            New Jersey                        Asbury Park          5
85               Alabama                             Auburn          5
86             Tennessee                        Chattanooga          5
87            California                          Clearlake          5
88             Tennessee                           Columbia          5
89              New York                    Corona (Queens)          5
90               Alabama                              Eutaw          5
91               Indiana                         Fort Wayne          5
92            New Mexico                             Gallup          5
93            California                            Gardena          5
94        South Carolina                          Greenwood          5
95               Indiana            Indianapolis (Lawrence)          5
96            California                          Inglewood          5
97             Tennessee                            Jackson          5
98            California                Los Angeles (Watts)          5
99          Pennsylvania                          Masontown          5
100       North Carolina                             Maxton          5
101         Pennsylvania                           Melcroft          5
102            Wisconsin                          Middleton          5
103              Alabama                             Mobile          5
104             Kentucky                        Paintsville          5
105              Arizona                            Phoenix          5
106                Texas                           Robstown          5
107             Illinois                           Rockford          5
108             Missouri                      Saint Charles          5
109           California                          San Diego          5
110                 Ohio                           Sandusky          5
111             Maryland                      Silver Spring          5
112           California                           Stockton          5
113           Washington                          Sunnyside          5
114             New York                           Syracuse          5
115                Texas                               Taft          5
116             Oklahoma                           Talihina          5
117       South Carolina                       Timmonsville          5
118           California                              Tracy          5
119           California                         Union City          5
120             New York                          Watertown          5
121              Alabama                           Wetumpka          5
122             Delaware                         Wilmington          5
123         Pennsylvania                            Wyncote          5
124              Indiana                           Anderson          4
125           California                       Baldwin Park          4
126            Louisiana                        Baton Rouge          4
127        Massachusetts                             Boston          4
128             Kentucky                      Bowling Green          4
129          Connecticut                         Bridgeport          4
130             Arkansas                           Brinkley          4
131          Mississippi                            Byhalia          4
132           New Jersey                             Camden          4
133             Illinois                          Champaign          4
134       North Carolina                          Charlotte          4
135             Illinois                    Chicago Heights          4
136           California                            Compton          4
137            Tennessee                          Covington          4
138              Alabama                          Demopolis          4
139       North Carolina                               Dunn          4
140             Arkansas                          El Dorado          4
141             Illinois                              Elgin          4
142           New Jersey                          Elizabeth          4
143           New Mexico               Espanola (Española)          4
144             Michigan                              Flint          4
145              Florida       Fort Lauderdale (Lauderhill)          4
146             Arkansas                         Fort Smith          4
147             Maryland                    Fort Washington          4
148                Texas                         Fort Worth          4
149              Arizona                              Globe          4
150          Connecticut                           Hartford          4
151             Illinois                             Harvey          4
152             New York                          Hempstead          4
153       North Carolina                          Henderson          4
154       North Carolina                            Hickory          4
155         Pennsylvania                Homestead (Munhall)          4
156              Alabama                          Hurtsboro          4
157              Florida                         Indiantown          4
158       North Carolina                         Kannapolis          4
159           Washington                           Lakewood          4
160             Michigan                            Lansing          4
161       North Carolina                         Laurinburg          4
162             Arkansas                        Little Rock          4
163           California      Long Beach (North Long Beach)          4
164            Louisiana                            Lutcher          4
165              Florida                          Macclenny          4
166              Georgia                              Macon          4
167       North Carolina                             Monroe          4
168              Alabama                         Montgomery          4
169            Louisiana                           Morganza          4
170            Louisiana                       Natchitoches          4
171            Louisiana              New Orleans (Algiers)          4
172           California         Palo Alto (East Palo Alto)          4
173           New Jersey                          Paulsboro          4
174         Pennsylvania          Pittsburgh (East Liberty)          4
175                Texas                              Plano          4
176              Florida                         Plantation          4
177              Florida                      Pompano Beach          4
178            Tennessee                             Powell          4
179              Florida                        Punta Gorda          4
180         Pennsylvania                            Reading          4
181              Florida                            Reddick          4
182             Missouri           Saint Robert (St Robert)          4
183                 Utah  Salt Lake City (West Valley City)          4
184              Georgia                           Savannah          4
185           Washington                   Seattle (Skyway)          4
186             Oklahoma                         Stillwater          4
187              Georgia                         Swainsboro          4
188             Colorado                           Thornton          4
189             Oklahoma                              Tulsa          4
190       North Carolina                          Wadesboro          4
191            Tennessee                           Wartburg          4
192              Florida                    West Palm Beach          4
193             Colorado                        Westminster          4
194               Kansas                            Wichita          4
195                Texas                      Wichita Falls          4
196         Pennsylvania                               York          4

From this table, we can tell that the Chicago is the city with most victims. It is far more impacted by mass shottings than any other cities in the U.S. becasue there were almost three times as many victims as the second place cities, and it is the only city that has the number of victims over 100 in 2018.

Description of a Particular Incident

For the city Baltimore, Maryland, the incident with most victims in 2018 happened on June 30, 2018 at 4000 block of Penhurst Ave. There were 6 people who were hurt in this incident. There were 0 deaths and 6 injuries. According to The Baltimore Sun, “The victims’ injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Detectives and officers are canvassing the neighborhood and interviewing witnesses.”

Interactive Map

Here is an interactive map based on the data of mass shootings in 2018 in the U.S.

From this map, we can tell that there were much more shootings happened on the East coast. In the southeast city Pompano Beach, there is a mass shooting that caused 17 deaths and 17 injuries, whic marks a large circle on the map.

Plot

Below is an interacive bar chart that shows the total number of victims due to mass shootings in each month in the year of 2018.

My question is, in which month is there most victim due to mass shootings?

The bar chart shows us that the month with most people killed and injuried under mass shootings is June. I chose to use a bar chart becasue bar chart is good at comparing numbers with the height of each bar. My question was asking the heighest number of victims, and the bar chart visualizes number into bars, with higher bar for larger number. In this way, I can easily tell that the bar for month June is heighest and can answer the question.